METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTING PLATE, IN PARTICULAR FOR LETTERPRESS PRINTING AND A PRINTING PLATE FOR LETTERPRESS PRINTING

摘要

The invention relates to a method for producing a printing plate, in particular for flexographic printing. According to said method, a layer of curable elastomer is applied to a support (15) comprising a cylindrical jacket surface (26). The elastomer layer on the support is subsequently cured to form a substantially cylindrical continuous plate preform and optionally ground to a preform with a cylindrical periphery, or machined in some other manner. The plate preform (33) is then split along a line running substantially parallel to the axial direction of the support and the printing plate thus produced is removed from the jacket surface of the support.